Dear Sir or Madam,

Would you please provide for me under the Freedom of Information
Act information to the following questions. I believe all the
information will be known by the Cabinet Office Director of Finance
Mr Jerry Page, whom I believe would have had dealings with all the
subjects I have requested information on.

In April 2001 Ecovert fm were awarded the facility management
contract for the Cabinet Office, it was also at a much later date
it was awarded the security guard contract(after Serco lost the
contract)for the Cabinet Office Estate excluding Admiralty House
and 70 Whitehall which remained in-house under the Cabinet Office
Guard Service.

Ecovert fm started their new security arm in 2004, with only one
commercial security contract that being Kings College in London.
How did Ecovert fm Security prove their competence to be awarded a
Government Guarding contract?

Was there a competitive tender in place for this security contract?

If not, why not?

If there was a competitive tender in place why was a company with
no proven competence in security guarding allowed to tender for it?

Was there a financial incentive(public funds) provided for Ecovert
fm security to apply for this contract?

Yours faithfully,

Paul Griffiths

CABINET OFFICE REFERENCE: FOI257689

Dear Mr Griffiths

Thank you for your request for information. Your request was received on 15/07/2008 and is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will let you know the likely charges before proceeding.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Team
Cabinet Office
E: [Cabinet Office request email]

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Dear Paul

Freedom of Information requests 257689 and 257691

Please see attached letter with regards to your requests under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

If you have any queries about this letter please contact me. Please
remember to quote the above reference numbers in any future
communication.

Regards,

Tom

Tom Roundell Greene
Policy Adviser
CabinetOffice
Sustainable Development Team

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